Parker Thomson

Parker Thomson (1932–2017) was an American lawyer.

Early life and education Thomson was born in Troy, New York, to a history professor from Russell Sage College. During his childhood, he attended Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, and later The Albany Academy before coming to Princeton University where he majored in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and wrote his dissertation on the "U.S. Foreign Policy and the Schuman Plan".

Career Lawyer career Initially trained in Harvard Law School, Thomson joined Hogan Lovells. From 1968 to 1983 he worked closely with Dan Paul, fellow Harvard graduate, to form Paul & Thomson law firm. During his time as a lawyer, Thomson represented periodicals such as Miami Herald in Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo case in 1974 and The New York Times as well as corporations such as AT&T and Bank of America.